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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Irish Sun.com http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/aba4168066a10b8d/ en-us Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:05:21 -0400 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:05:21 -0400 30 Bono's daughter's acting career has got a boost after landing a starring role in Irish pop stars The Strips' latest music video.ve Hewson, 18, is launching an acting career and has already featured in one of her dad's promos. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/680463/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:30:06 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/680463/cs/1/ Guns N' Roses band walked off stage while performing in Dublin after being booed and having plastic bottles thrown at them by the fans. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/680420/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:50:03 -0400 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/680420/cs/1/ A Cork company that designs aluminium window and door systems has announced the creation of 31 new jobs in an €8m expansion. Architectural and Metal Systems (AMS), based in Little Island, Co C... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349209/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:00:48 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349209/ London Irish boss Toby Booth has recalled Sailosi Tagicakibau for the London Double Header opener against Saracens at Twickenham. Tagicakibau, who scored four tries for the Exiles during last month... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349208/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:59:02 -0400 Planet Rugby http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349208/ Ireland's Life and Fitness Magazine . Dr. Ella Frenkel, CEO and President of Simulated Environment Concepts, Inc. (SE Concepts), said, "Publicity comes naturally to us. Because of the innovation of o... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38348322/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:53:36 -0400 Market Wire http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38348322/ Sep 3 2010 A mother who carried the lifeless body of her two-year-old son into a police station has been charged with murder. Melanie Ruddell, 39, had been receiving hospital treatment following h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349211/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:52:15 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349211/ Sep 3 2010 A council is to axe 1,500 jobs. Somerset Council said it was cutting a third of its workforce over the next three years. The move was to plug a funding gap of £75 million over th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349212/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:52:14 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349212/ Sep 3 2010 Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel. Dr Fox, who was in Paris for talks with h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349213/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:52:13 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349213/ Sep 3 2010 Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir has stood in an Old Bailey dock - 17 years after he fled Britain. Nadir was remanded on conditional bail to another hearing on October 15. His trial date was ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349215/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:52:12 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349215/ Sep 3 2010 David Cameron welcomed a new arrival to Downing Street, posing for pictures with his 10-day-old daughter. The Prime Minister stood with his wife Samantha, who cradled their new baby Flo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349216/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:52:08 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349216/ YEREVAN (AFP) – Ireland are taking a long trip into unknown territory when they start their Euro 2012 campaign against Armenia in their opening Group B fixture here on Friday. The showdown at... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349210/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:11:36 -0400 General Sources http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349210/ EUR1,650 with any additional tickets awarded depending on the total prizepool generated. Furthermore, any player who wins an Irish Winter Festival ticket in one of the http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349218/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:52:47 -0400 Earth Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349218/ The teenager accused of murdering 12-year-old Michaela Davis in West Dublin has been remanded in custody until September 24 during a brief court appearance this morning.Jonathan Byrne of Lohunda Downs... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349206/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:47:49 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349206/ The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Bernard Allen is describing as "ominous" the fact that the Government hasn't applied for EU funds for FAS in almost ten months.Last year, the EU carried o... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349207/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:47:47 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38349207/ The contract for the Poolbeg incinerator in Dublin is scheduled to expire this Sunday, if certain conditions have not been met. The contract, seen by http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346644/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:50:46 -0400 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346644/ Sep 3 2010 The wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow has criticised William Hague for detailing his wife's miscarriages in a statement denying a sexual relationship with an aide. Sally Bercow said t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346645/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:42:03 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346645/ Sep 3 2010 Details of a "major effort" to help people get to work during a strike by London Underground workers have been unveiled, including extra buses, escorted bike rides and more river journey... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346646/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:42:01 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346646/ Labour TD Liz McManus is to quit the Dáil at the next election, she revealed today.The Wicklow representative, who has been in politics for 31 years, said she was stepping aside to let new candidates... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346643/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:39:58 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346643/ Labour TD Liz McManus has confirmed she is quitting politics at the next General Election. The 63-year-old has been a TD for Wicklow since 1992 when she was elected for Democratic Left. Ms McManus sai... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346642/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:39:57 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346642/ The voluntary group which provides support to male victims of domestic abuse is launching its first annual report this morning.The report from AMEN, which was established in 1997, contains the types o... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346640/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:39:55 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346640/ A six-year-old boy struck by a speedboat at a beach in County Down on Monday has died in hospital.Stuart Wilson, from Rathfriland, had been fighting for his life after suffering severe head injuries i... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346639/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:39:54 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346639/ The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair looks set to be greeted by protests when he visits Ireland today.He will arrive in Dublin later today to publicise his memoirs 'A Journey'.A number of Anti... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346638/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:39:53 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38346638/ Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington would have no hesitation in handing Sheffield-born schoolboy Johnny Gorman his first competitive outing on Friday night. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38343817/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:53:10 -0400 General Sources http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38343817/ In this file photo Guns N' Roses and lead singer Axl Rose perform at the Rock and Rev Festival in Sturgis, S.D. Rose tried to end a concert early in Dublin Wednesday but the promoter made him finish t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38343336/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:35:03 -0400 CBS News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38343336/ Up to 150 new jobs could be on the way to Cork after Marks and Spencer open a new store in Douglas in November.It is believed negotiations have been ongoing for over a year and an official announcemen... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38343814/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:31:58 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38343814/ The Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has suggested charging people for ATMs in order to cut down on raids.Mr Ahern made the suggestion following a tiger-kidnapping raid yesterday which netted a criminal ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38343816/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:31:56 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38343816/ Sep 3 2010 The pathologist who carried out the first post mortem on Ian Tomlinson, who died at last year's G20 protest, is due to find out whether he is to be struck off the medical register. A Ge... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341240/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:26:32 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341240/ Sep 3 2010 The three Pakistan cricketers barred from the sport over match-fixing allegations are expected to be questioned by police. Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341242/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:26:28 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341242/ AN Italian hit-and-run driver given seven years for killing two Irish holidaymakers has been labelled a "fantasist" in the trial judge's report.Friedrich Vernarelli was sentenced after being found gui... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341243/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:59:22 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341243/ The eight-year-old boy at the centre of the tragic surgical blunder in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin had a poorly functioning right kidney in the spring of 2008. His left kidney was... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341244/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:59:19 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341244/ AN AIB worker blew the whistle on alleged accounting irregularities at the bank as "payback" for the non-payment of a bonus, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.AIB manager Tim Downey told the trib... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341245/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:59:17 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341245/ A MIDDLE-aged woman has died in a freak cycling accident on the old Dublin-Cork road.The woman's body -- which was found beside her bicycle -- was discovered shortly after 9pm on Wednesday evening at ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341246/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:59:14 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341246/ A FAMILY has been reunited with its beloved dog almost four months after he disappeared from their back garden.Harry, a 22-month-old King Charles Spaniel, showed up at a dog-grooming salon 2km from th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341247/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:59:11 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341247/ IRELAND has forced the withdrawal of a controversial EU plan to allow Israel access to sensitive personal data on Irish citizens.The proposal was taken off the table at a European Commission meeting i... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341250/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:59:05 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341250/ A CUT-THROAT price war has broken out among private healthcare insurers, with all three slashing the cost of insuring families. Families with young children are hugely attractive to health insurers be... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341248/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:59:02 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341248/ Nerdy, geek but chic. Specs are a must-have accessory this season, the bigger, the better -- and yesterday, Tara Goodbody was the height of fashion as the 19-year-old from Schull in west Cork walked a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341252/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:59 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341252/ IT was a perfect Indian summer day, the sky an unbroken arc of blue, the fields and streets bathed in warm yellow-tinted kisses from a dazzling sun. It was the sort of day that usually prompts newly ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341251/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:56 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341251/ GARDAI do not have the evidence to seek the extradition of convicted fraudster John Traynor on a criminal charge linked to the ongoing investigation into the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin.Offic... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341254/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:53 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341254/ Sex offenders forced to take part in rehabilitation programmes while in prison will not benefit from the experience, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said yesterday.After a lengthy consultation with expe... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341253/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:50 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341253/ THE Government will struggle to survive beyond the December Budget, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore claimed last night.The voting margins in the Dail are getting tighter, he added. "I've no doubt they wil... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341256/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:46 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341256/ PROTESTERS against the Irish visit of Tony Blair hope to make a citizen's arrest of the former British prime minister.Hundreds are expected to descend on Dublin's O'Connell Street tomorrow morning whi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341255/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:43 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341255/ TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has been urged to resign and his entire Cabinet were described as "a bunch of chickens" by a Fianna Fail mayor.Niall O'Neill, the Mayor of Midleton in Co Cork, launched the aston... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341257/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:40 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341257/ A 64-year-old farmer was killed yesterday at an unmanned level crossing after his tractor was struck by a goods train.Jack Hoban from Ballymacfrane, Donamon, Co Roscommon, described by a local priest ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341258/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:38 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341258/ FORMER US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice enjoyed a round of golf at Royal Dublin yesterday.George Bush's former top diplomat -- now removed from politics -- is visiting Ireland as a tourist in a ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341259/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:35 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341259/ HE was the actor who always left his audience wanting more -- and this was no exception.Mick Lally played his final act yesterday as he was given a poignant and heartfelt send-off by his family and le... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341260/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:33 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341260/ A cascade of queries started from the parents, who clearly recalled that the right kidney was to be taken out.But due to an error by Prof Corbally, and a series of 'brakes' not being in place, the ope... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341261/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:30 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341261/ Surgeon Martin Corbally has been a doctor for 30 years and gained his medical degree from University College Galway.He later graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons and specialised in paediatric ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341262/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:26 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341262/ A COUPLE who were held hostage at their home had feared it would only be a "matter of time" before they became a target of a tiger kidnapping. Tony Walsh (41) and his wife Anne, who is in her late 30s... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341263/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:23 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341263/ PERHAPS they couldn't find it on the map. Either way, not many boys -- or girls -- in green have made the trip to Armenia, ahead of the Ireland's qualifying match today. It's their loss -- those who h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341264/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:15 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341264/ THE FAI insisted last night there is no reason to be concerned about its finances, despite the resignation of finance director Mark O'Leary at a crucial point in the association's history. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341265/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:11 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341265/ THE life expectancy for men in the travelling community is just 61 years -- the same as it was more than two decades ago, a major report warned yesterday.This is 15 years less than men in the general ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341266/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:58:07 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341266/ ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland got reacquainted with Dallas wide receiver Dez Bryant on Thursday night, and this time their conversation appeared to be much more cordia... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341239/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:46:32 -0400 General Sources http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341239/ Filed at 12:09 a.m. ET ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland and Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant have made amends. About an hour before their teams played Thursday night, they s... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341238/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:41:22 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38341238/ UK distributor Cohort Technology is aiming to storm the Irish market after launching a Dublin operation. Cohort already serves the Irish market from its Basingstoke headquarters but felt it was the... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38338848/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:31:57 -0400 Infomatics http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38338848/ Sep 3 2010 A controversial "lottery" designed to allocate school places fairly has failed to reduce segregation between rich and poor pupils, research suggests. Richer pupils are still dominating ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335965/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:07:49 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335965/ Sep 3 2010 The UK has seen its biggest fall in alcohol consumption in 60 years, according to new figures from an industry body. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said 2009 saw the sharpe... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335966/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:07:47 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335966/ Sep 3 2010 Cheryl Cole will be divorced from her footballer husband Ashley on Friday, it was reported. The X Factor judge's marriage is due to end in a "quickie divorce" at the High Court's Family... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335967/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:07:45 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335967/ Sep 3 2010 An oil platform has exploded off the Louisiana coast, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335968/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:07:42 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335968/ Sep 3 2010 The BBC has defended its impartiality after the director general of the corporation was photographed going into a meeting in Downing Street to apparently discuss coverage of government s... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335970/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:07:41 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335970/ Sep 2 2010 The US Coast Guard has backtracked on its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Commander Ch... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335971/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:07:39 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335971/ Sep 2 2010 The parents of suspected honour killing victim Shafilea Ahmed have been re-arrested in connection with her murder. The 17-year-old disappeared from her home in Warrington, Cheshire, in ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335969/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:07:37 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335969/ €1 Galway house sparks avalanche of interest With little rain forecast, fans, musicians – and even charity cyclists – can expect a bumper weekend in Laois, writes RONAN McGREEVY http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335972/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:40:02 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335972/  , Chief reporterIRELAND MAY not be a tax haven but it’s increasingly being seen as a safe place for multinational firms seeking to trim their tax bills and maximise their profits.President... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335973/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:40:01 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335973/ Shell criticised over gifts to schools DONEGAL WOMAN Anne Marie Ward yesterday became the first Irish woman to swim the north channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland.The Portnablagh woman comple... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335974/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:59 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335974/ KATHRYN HAYESA REVITALISED Limerick city is crucial to safeguard the future of the midwest region which is in rapid decline, the chairman of the Limerick local government committee has warned.Mr Denis... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335976/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:55 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335976/ KATHRYN HAYESTHE ONLY supermarket in Limerick’s Moyross housing estate opened under new owners yesterday with a promise of 50 more new jobs over the next two years.The former Supervalu premises ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335978/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:53 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335978/ GERRY MORIARTY, Northern EditorNORTHERN IRELAND is suffering from “crippling levels” of social collapse marked by joblessness, family breakdown, mental illness and drink and drug addiction... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335979/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:48 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335979/ ALISON HEALYOlivia and Great Agbonlahor: Hoping to return to europe SOME 139 people were deported from the State in 2007, but none received more attention than Great Agbonlahor and his family.The boy... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335983/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:45 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335983/ HARRY McGEE, Political CorrespondentTHE SEANAD’S standing orders should be amended to allow the removal of senators from Oireachtas committees, an Independent TD and an Independent Senator said ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335982/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:43 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335982/ LUKE CASSIDYPHYSICAL EDUCATION should be an examinable subject on the Leaving Certificate curriculum, offering students points towards third-level admission, the Labour Party has proposed.At the launc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335981/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:42 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335981/ LUKE CASSIDYANGLO IRISH Bank should be wound down within a six-year timeframe, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore said yesterday.He said there needed to be a “finality and certainty” brought to t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335980/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:39 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335980/ RONAN McGREEVYMUSIC PROMOTERS MCD said it prevented Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose from leaving Dublin’s O2 venue on Wednesday night after he stormed off the stage.Rose left the stage 22 ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335989/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:37 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335989/ €1 Galway house sparks avalanche of interest THE HIGH Court has remanded in custody a 57-year-old convicted sex offender wanted in Scotland for allegedly failing to notify the authorities there ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335987/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:35 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335987/ MICHAEL O'REGANOPPOSITION POLITICIANS have called on Minister for Health Mary Harney to investigate the use of out-of-date scanners at hospitals in the northeast.Consultant obstetrician Dr Seosamh &#2... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335986/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:33 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335986/ OLIVIA KELLYTHE HUMANITARIAN disaster caused by flooding in Pakistan will get worse before it gets better, Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power has said.While the loss of life had be... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335985/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:31 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335985/ HARRY McGEE, Political CorrespondentTRADITIONAL STALL holders on Dublin’s O’Connell Street say they should be compensated for having to close down during former British prime minister Tony... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335984/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:28 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335984/ TIM O'BRIENONE OF three new rail stations on the reopened Dunboyne railway line is to remain closed until a road is built linking it to the nearest town.Hansfield station, at the southern end of the 7... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335988/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:26 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335988/ GEORGINA O'HALLORANA NURSE has told an inquest into the death of a woman following an elective hysterectomy at a private Dublin hospital that the woman was “very sick” when she was transfe... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335991/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:24 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335991/ EITHNE DONNELLAN, Health CorrespondentA JUNIOR doctor had at least 30 minutes to prepare to operate on a child who needed to have a kidney removed, the consultant who asked him to carry out the operat... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335990/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:22 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335990/ DEREK SCALLY and HARRY McGEETHE GERMAN foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, expressed the confidence of Germany in the measures taken by the Irish Government to address the economic crisis.He also cal... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335530/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:21 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335530/ TOM TUITEA TEENAGE girl who has been in care for nine years during which time she became a heroin addict and homeless, has been given a six-month suspended sentence for attacking a hotel employee.The ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335992/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:20 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335992/ CARL O'BRIENSUICIDE PREVENTION campaigners have urged the Government to dramatically increase the funding allocated to support services aimed at reducing the number of people taking their own lives.Fi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335996/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:17 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335996/ GENEVIEVE CARBERYA SUPPORT service for vulnerable teenagers yesterday said it was struggling to meet record demand for help.The Irish Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children’s (ISPCC) ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335998/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:12 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335998/ DICK AHLSTROM, Science EditorIRELAND MUST introduce procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism of research findings, according to a discussion document produced by the Royal Irish Acad... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335997/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:10 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335997/ Mick Lally's coffin is carried into Newlands Cross cemetery and crematorium in Dublin yesterday by friends and members of the family.Photograph: Frank Miller http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336000/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:05 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336000/ Fr Eugene Lewis (76), who was found guilty of 11 charges of assault. The three sisters said the abuse began when they were as young as seven. He had denied the charges http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336001/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:03 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336001/ Michaela Davis's uncles carry her coffin from St Mochta's Church in Porterstown, Dublin, after funeral Mass. Photographs: Alan Betson and Gareth Chaney/Collins http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336002/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:39:01 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336002/ CONOR LALLY, Crime CorrespondentCRIMINAL JOHN Traynor is in custody in the Netherlands having been arrested last week as part of a joint operation by the Dutch and British police against org... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336003/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:38:58 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336003/ CONOR LALLY, Crime CorrespondentIRISH BANKS may need to impose much larger ATM fees on their customers if the number of bank robberies involving hostage taking is to be reduced, Minister for Justice D... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336004/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:38:56 -0400 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38336004/ nted list.The 57-year-old's details had been posted on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) website last Friday.McLaughlin was last seen boarding a ferry for Northern Ireland earlier th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335960/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:21:32 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335960/ nted list.The 57-year-old's details had been posted on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) website last Friday.McLaughlin was last seen boarding a ferry for Northern Ireland earlier th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335962/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:20:57 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38335962/ (AP) It's the world's biggest banking black hole - and it's in Ireland, one of Europe's most troubled economies. The debt disaster at Anglo Irish Bank means that Ireland is tasked with carrying out... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38334806/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:01:44 -0400 CBS News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38334806/ Sep 2 2010 The three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of match-fixing allegations have been suspended from playing cricket after being charged under the anti-corruption code of the sport's governi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332617/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:51:21 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332617/ Sep 2 2010 A mile-long oil sheen has been spotted spreading from an offshore oil platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about a mile long a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332616/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:51:19 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332616/ Robbie Keane has expressed his relief at the closure of the transfer window and the striker is now determined to fight his way back to prominence at Tottenham Hotspur and, more immediately, inspire th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332614/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:44:14 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332614/ YEREVAN (AFP) – Ireland are taking a long trip into unknown territory when they start their Euro 2012 campaign against Armenia in their opening Group B fixture here on Friday. The showdown at... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332612/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:09:30 -0400 General Sources http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332612/ Ireland’s native gypsy community suffers from discrimination, health problems and a much lower life expectancy than the rest of the population, a study showed. The research by a team from University... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332613/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:09:27 -0400 General Sources http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38332613/ Sep 2 2010 A businessman who battered his wife and daughter to death with a mallet professed his love for his family repeatedly in the moments after their brutal killings, an inquest heard. Hugh M... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38329279/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:15 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38329279/ Sep 2 2010 Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to produce a framework for a permanent peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this month. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38329278/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:14 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38329278/ Sep 2 2010 Pakistan's top diplomat in Britain has claimed that the three cricketers facing match-fixing allegations were "set up". Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Moham... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38329277/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:34:12 -0400 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/38329277/